Arrange And Re-Arrange

Verse 1

  D                      G
Early in the mornin' I first see the sun,
   D             A              D
I say a little prayer for the world.
        D                       G
I hope all the children live a long, long time,
       D           A              D
Yes, every little boy and little girl.
   D                               G
I hope they learn to laugh at the way
                  D                A
Some precious old words do seem to change,
        D                       G
'Cause that's what life is all about:
      D            A              D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.

Chorus 1

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.

Verse 2

        D                          G
When I see the first sliver of a brand-new moon,
   D             A              D
I say a little prayer for the world.
        D                       G
I hope all the children live a long, long time,
       D           A              D
Yes, every little boy and little girl.
   D                               G
I hope they learn to laugh at the way
                   D                A
Some precious old words do seem to change,
        D                       G
'Cause that's what life is all about:
      D            A              D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.

Chorus 1

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.

Verse 3

    D                         G
I heard the first yowl of a brand new baby,
        D             A              D
And I said a little prayer for the world.
        D                       G
I hope all the children live a long, long time,
       D           A              D
Yes, every little boy and little girl.
   D                               G
I hope they learn to laugh at the way
                   D                A
Some precious old words do seem to change,
        D                       G
'Cause that's what life is all about:
      D            A              D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.

Chorus 1

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.

Verse 4

 D                          G
Early in the morning I'm a-gathering the sap
       D             A             D
And I say a little prayer for the maple.
      D                     G
Like old Mama Quad, on the northwest slope,
         D           A           D
I'll protect her as long as I'm able.
     D              G
She gives more sap year after year
      D         A           
Than any other single tree,
     D                     G
So bring on the pancakes! Here's to Mama Quad,
         D         A           D
May she live for another century.

Chorus 2

  Bm      G              D         A           D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, may she live for another century.
  Bm      G              D         A           D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, may she live for another century.

Verse 5

 D                       G
Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night
     D      A          D
And rub my achin' old eyes.
    D                   G
Is that a voice from inside my head
    D            A             D
Or does it come down from the sky?
           D                           G
There's a time to laugh but there's a time to weep
       D                   A           
And a time to make a big change.
 D                   G
Wake up you bum the time has come
      D             A             D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.

Chorus 1

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.

Verse 6

 D                    G
Perhaps the biggest change will come
         D             A              D
When we don't have to change much at all.
      D               G
When maniacs holler "grow, grow, grow"
 D        A           D
We can choose to be small.
     D                G
The key word may be "little,"
    D                            A
We only have to change a little bit.
 D                   G
Eat a little food, drink a little drink,
     D             A             D
And only have to shit a little shit. (Sing it!)

Chorus 3

  Bm      G          D             A            D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, and only have to shit a little shit.
  Bm      G          D             A            D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, and only have to shit a little shit.

Verse 1, in half-time:

  D                      G
Early in the mornin' I first see the sun,
   D             A              D
I say a little prayer for the world.
        D                       G
I hope all the children live a long, long time,
       D           A              D
Yes, every little boy and little girl.
   D                               G
I hope they learn to laugh at the way
                  D                A
Some precious old words do seem to change,
        D                       G
'Cause that's what life is all about:
      D            A              D
To arrange and rearrange and rearrange.

Chorus 1

  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.
  Bm      G             D             A             D
Oh-wee, oh-wye, to rearrange and rearrange and rearrange.